طين

1 طَانَهُ, aor. ـِ (S, * Msb,) inf. n. طَيْنٌ; (Msb;) or ↓ طيّنهُ, (S, MA, K,) but some disapprove this, (S,) or this denotes intensiveness and muchness; (Msb;) He plastered it, or coated it, with طِين [i. e. clay, or mud], (S, * MA, Msb, K, *) namely, a roof, or flat housetop, (S, Msb, K,) and a house, or chamber, (Msb,) or a wall. (MA.) b2: And the former, (S, K,) and ↓ the latter also, (TA,) He sealed it with طِين [i. e. clay], namely, a writing; (S, K, TA;) and so ↓ أَطَانَهُ. (TA in art. عنى.) b3: And [hence,] طَانَهُ اللّٰهُ عَلَى الخَيْرِ (assumed tropical:) God created him with an adaptation, or a disposition, to that which is good; adapted him, or disposed him, by creation, or nature, thereto; (S, Msb;) as also طَامَهُ: so says ISk, and he cites as an ex., أَلَا تِلْكَ نَفْسٌ طِينَ فِيهَا حَيَاؤُهَا (S) meaning [Verily that is a soul] of which the sense of shame is the natural quality. (TA.) b4: And طان, said of a man, signifies also حَسَّنَ عَمَلَهُ [i. e. He made his work, or deed, good; he performed, or executed, his deed, or work, well]; as also طَامَ: thus expl. by IAar: in the K, the former is erroneously expl. as meaning حَسَّنَ عَمَلَ الطِّينِ. (TA.) 2 طَيَّنَ see the foregoing paragraph, in two places.4 أَطْيَنَ see the first paragraph.5 تطيّن He (a man, TA) became defiled, or besmeared, with طِين [i. e. clay, earth, or mud]. (K, TA.) يَوْمٌ طَانٌ, (S,) and مَكَانٌ طَانٌ, (S, K,) and أَرْضٌ طَانَةٌ, (S,) A day, and a place, and a land,] in which is much طِين [meaning mud]. (S, K.) A2: See also what next follows.

طِينٌ a word of well-known meaning, (S, Msb, K, TA,) of which ↓ طَانٌ is a dial. var.; (TA;) Clay, earth, mould, soil, or mud: (MA, KL, &c.:) it differs in different layers, or strata, of the earth; the best is the pure, unmixed with sand, remaining after the subsiding of the waters; and the best of this is that of Egypt, which has a peculiar property of preventing plague, or pestilence, and the corruption of water into which it is thrown: it is of several sorts; among which are الطِّينُ المَخْتُومُ [Terra sigillata, or Lemnian earth], and الطِّينُ الأَرْمَنِىُّ [Armenian bole], &c.: (TA:) ↓ طِينَةٌ has a more particular signification, (S, Msb,) meaning a piece, or portion, thereof, (K, TA,) [as a piece of clay] with which a [writing of the kind termed] صَكّ and the like are sealed. (TA.) [Hence,] شَهْوَةُ الطِّينِ [The longing for clay; a sort of malacia]. (TA voce حُمَّاضٌ.) And اِبْنُ الطِّينِ Adam. (T in art. بنى.) طِينَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph. b2: Also [(assumed tropical:) A material substance considered as that of which a thing having form consists. b3: and hence,] (tropical:) The natural, or native, constitution or disposition. (S, Msb, K.) One says, هُوَ مِنَ الطِّينَةِ الأُولَى (tropical:) [app. meaning He is of the primitive kind of natural constitution or disposition]. (S, TA.) And إِنَّهُ لَيَابِسُ الطِّينَةِ (tropical:) [Verily he is tough in respect of natural constitution or disposition;] meaning he is not easy [in disposition]. (TA.) طِينِىٌّ Of, or relating to, الطِّين i. e. clay &c.; clayey, earthy, &c. b2: And (assumed tropical:) Of, or relating to الطِّينَة i. e. the natural, or native, constitution or disposition; natural, or native.]

طِيَانَةٌ The art of working in, or with, طِين [or clay &c.; and particularly the art of plastering with clay, or mud]. (K.) طَيَّانٌ A worker in, or with, طِين [or clay &c.; and particularly a plasterer with clay or mud]. (TA.) [طَيَّانُ, imperfectly decl., belongs to art. طوى.]

مَطِينٌ A roof, or flat house-top, [&c.,] plastered, or coated, with طِين [i. e. clay, or mud]. (S, K.)